childhood memories where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
so i was going to write about how sad and out of place i feel because we're ripping up the carpet in my room to put in laminate. in the process, i've had to go ahead and pack up all my things to leave this weekend, as well as packing up my room in its entirety. then my parents decided that we should also repaint the doors (?) if you've ever been in my room, you'll realize what a gruesome task that is--both my entry and closet doors are covered, completely, in pictures and mementos spanning grades 6-12.
so i've spent the past hour or so peeling pictures, postcards, drawings, tickets, and other miscellaneous items off my doors and piling them into a shoebox. it wouldn't have taken so long but for the intermittent pauses for reminiscing and chuckling. i have so many pictures of y'all it's not even funny. so i would like to present an incomplete list of how some of you have graced my room for the past seven or so years:
ai v: i have this ridiculously beautiful picture of you dated 9.24.04... "only picture of me ever!"
alan o: i think this is a school photo from like 8th or 9th grade. this does not make up for all the pictures and ids that you've stolen from me!!
amanda p: cuuuuute! you, from 8th grade, i think. wearing a red panda shirt. classic amanda.
brooke t: a school shot, several years ago. a beautiful senior glamour shot :) a picture of you on one of your east coast excursions, very lovely. us, at les mis, the night that the ceiling fell in. a postcard from petrified forest national park dated 2000. a british candy wrapper: "YORKIE: it's NOT for girls!"
chris u: two senior pictures. a scholarly chris you are!
christen b: a las vegas postcard, 2000
daniel d: senior picture. with sunglasses and a book. you and jacob brought sexy back to reading... along with that enrique iglesias poster in the library that heather and i made fun of.
derek e: 8th grade picture. singing the praises of ut and trashing a&m on the back. you haven't changed at all!
dustin p: your note: "this is me. dustin"
geena s: oh my, i have a good collection of you! a cute school shot from '99. a "happy birthday" card, marker on notebook paper, note: "hope you get a prez cuz i'm not getting u one... ;)" three food chain drawings, i think from 8th grade biology. i remember finding them so adorable that i begged you to give them to me to stick them in my binder. here's my favorite. a stick figure drawing of ms. rector as the devil and us nervously asking for our averages.
grant r: picture of you as a baby, with your bear :) the name of which i'll never disclose. a poster you made, i think from junior year history: john gast's american progess, captioned, "the american frontier: it belongs to us, damnit!"
heather b: you always have the best school pictures. i have two of them: eighth and ninth grade, i think. also a hot cross country shot.
howard l: japanese hi-chew, green apple flavor wrapper. known amongst my friends up at school as "japanese crack"
john e: you and marissa at christen's quinceanera! that was a lot of fun! that was also in the time of highlighted spikes, maybe not so much fun.
justin h: a postcard from san diego. your message was cute :)
magen m: aww, a val-o-gram! wishing me luck at the game!
marissa t: omgz all the things i have. drawing of our busdrivers, alleging that drugs are hidden in seats 23 and 24. name of drugs incorrectly spelled. disney world postcard, 2000. cute soccer pic!! 8th grade choir dinner pic that i stole from the display. "negative things to dwell upon" I LOVE YOU FOR THAT. high school soccer pic. postcard from edinburgh! and beautiful, beautiful, at prom :)
michael c: you, as a kid, in your cub scout uniform, holding a cake. us, 9th grade winter ball. you were a dear for going with me!
michael s: toddler michael, actually smiling. not yet mischievous.
nathan j: two cute japanese candy wrappers which i attribute to you: a pink "caplico stick" wrapper and a "crunch up" wrapper. don't remember if i ate them or if you did!! a birthday card from the octathlon team :)
nikki p: you, michael, and me at winter ball. you are lovely, with your gloves and everything!
philip r: two shots from 8th grade dance. your tie matches my dress. awesome.
phillip c: a postcard from cornell... hehe
russell f: 8th grade dance: you, josh bramer, me, heather, and amanda. you look completely different, especially now with those cute curls :)
scott p: winter ball, with heather. you two were looking ridiculously hot that night.
shelby s: old school picture, to lizard from shelbers :):):)
steven p: baaaaby picture! you were soooooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuute
travis n: you at christmas in 1992. you were so cute then... what happened??
so much left out!! but yeah, those were just some of the things taped on my doors :)
so i've spent the past hour or so peeling pictures, postcards, drawings, tickets, and other miscellaneous items off my doors and piling them into a shoebox. it wouldn't have taken so long but for the intermittent pauses for reminiscing and chuckling. i have so many pictures of y'all it's not even funny. so i would like to present an incomplete list of how some of you have graced my room for the past seven or so years:
ai v: i have this ridiculously beautiful picture of you dated 9.24.04... "only picture of me ever!"
alan o: i think this is a school photo from like 8th or 9th grade. this does not make up for all the pictures and ids that you've stolen from me!!
amanda p: cuuuuute! you, from 8th grade, i think. wearing a red panda shirt. classic amanda.
brooke t: a school shot, several years ago. a beautiful senior glamour shot :) a picture of you on one of your east coast excursions, very lovely. us, at les mis, the night that the ceiling fell in. a postcard from petrified forest national park dated 2000. a british candy wrapper: "YORKIE: it's NOT for girls!"
chris u: two senior pictures. a scholarly chris you are!
christen b: a las vegas postcard, 2000
daniel d: senior picture. with sunglasses and a book. you and jacob brought sexy back to reading... along with that enrique iglesias poster in the library that heather and i made fun of.
derek e: 8th grade picture. singing the praises of ut and trashing a&m on the back. you haven't changed at all!
dustin p: your note: "this is me. dustin"
geena s: oh my, i have a good collection of you! a cute school shot from '99. a "happy birthday" card, marker on notebook paper, note: "hope you get a prez cuz i'm not getting u one... ;)" three food chain drawings, i think from 8th grade biology. i remember finding them so adorable that i begged you to give them to me to stick them in my binder. here's my favorite. a stick figure drawing of ms. rector as the devil and us nervously asking for our averages.
grant r: picture of you as a baby, with your bear :) the name of which i'll never disclose. a poster you made, i think from junior year history: john gast's american progess, captioned, "the american frontier: it belongs to us, damnit!"
heather b: you always have the best school pictures. i have two of them: eighth and ninth grade, i think. also a hot cross country shot.
howard l: japanese hi-chew, green apple flavor wrapper. known amongst my friends up at school as "japanese crack"
john e: you and marissa at christen's quinceanera! that was a lot of fun! that was also in the time of highlighted spikes, maybe not so much fun.
justin h: a postcard from san diego. your message was cute :)
magen m: aww, a val-o-gram! wishing me luck at the game!
marissa t: omgz all the things i have. drawing of our busdrivers, alleging that drugs are hidden in seats 23 and 24. name of drugs incorrectly spelled. disney world postcard, 2000. cute soccer pic!! 8th grade choir dinner pic that i stole from the display. "negative things to dwell upon" I LOVE YOU FOR THAT. high school soccer pic. postcard from edinburgh! and beautiful, beautiful, at prom :)
michael c: you, as a kid, in your cub scout uniform, holding a cake. us, 9th grade winter ball. you were a dear for going with me!
michael s: toddler michael, actually smiling. not yet mischievous.
nathan j: two cute japanese candy wrappers which i attribute to you: a pink "caplico stick" wrapper and a "crunch up" wrapper. don't remember if i ate them or if you did!! a birthday card from the octathlon team :)
nikki p: you, michael, and me at winter ball. you are lovely, with your gloves and everything!
philip r: two shots from 8th grade dance. your tie matches my dress. awesome.
phillip c: a postcard from cornell... hehe
russell f: 8th grade dance: you, josh bramer, me, heather, and amanda. you look completely different, especially now with those cute curls :)
scott p: winter ball, with heather. you two were looking ridiculously hot that night.
shelby s: old school picture, to lizard from shelbers :):):)
steven p: baaaaby picture! you were soooooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuute
travis n: you at christmas in 1992. you were so cute then... what happened??
so much left out!! but yeah, those were just some of the things taped on my doors :)